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Originally Posted by Xist
I read about a road bike so light that they actually needed to add weights to it for competitions. What is the point? I guess that if you add five pounds below the crank you would have negligibly better center of gravity than a bike that originally weighed that much, but so what?
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That's done in most racing sports. Jockys often weigh under the minimum weight for a horse, so they will add ballast. There is an advantage to choosing where weight will go, even if it's small.
...and I was joking about running without doors on a Jeep. There is no chance that CF door fuel savings could be measured. It's such an insignificant place to look when considering how to improve fuel efficiency.
I've linked this before, but
this guy went to extreme measures to reduce vehicle weight, and still didn't go with CF doors.